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Umbrella chart is evil

Helmwave is only what you actually need.

Why Umbrella chart is evil?

  • You must keep extra chart.
  • You have new layer for conventional values.
  • Umbrella chart doesn't provide separate your environments.
  • When sub-chart modified you need fix it twice.

Suppose that you need to describe next architecture.

graph LR frontend --> api --> rabbitmq & minio_s3 consumer --> rabbitmq & minio_s3 & postgresql

helmwave.yml

version: 0.22.2

repositories:
- name: bitnami
  url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami

.options: &options
  namespace: stage
  wait: true
  max_history: 5

releases:
- name: frontend
  <<: *options
  chart: charts/frontend
  depends_on:
  - api


- name: api
  <<: *options
  chart: charts/api
  depends_on:
  - rabbitmq
  - minio

- name: consumer
  <<: *options
  chart: charts/consumer
  depends_on:
  - rabbitmq
  - minio
  - postgresql

- name: rabbitmq
  <<: *options
  chart: bitnami/rabbitmq

- name: minio
  <<: *options
  chart: bitnami/minio

- name: postgresql
  <<: *options
  chart: bitnami/postgresql